Truss-pad.



J. W. EMBREE.

TRUSS PAD.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I4, 1917.

l, 273,755. Patented July 23, 1918.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. v

amass w. EMBREE, or MANHATTAN, KANSAS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JAMES \V; EMBREE, a citizen-of the United States, residing at Manhattan, in the county of Riley and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Truss-Pads, of which the following is a specification. 1

My present invention pertains to truss the body strap.

With the foregoing in mind, the invention in all of its details will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure ,1 is a perspective illustrative of my improved truss construction complete, portions of the body strap andleg strap being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a. face view of thepad, showing the body also.

Fig. 3 is a face view or interior vlew of the pad body per 86.

Fig. 4 is a vertical-central section, taken through pad and body in the plane 1ndicated by the line 44 of Fig.2.

Fig. 5 .is a transverse section of the pad body per se, i

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of type disclosed in my contemporary application, filed March l, 1917, Serial -Number 151,764c'..'e., is provided on the lower por tion of its face witha curvilinear protuber-- ance 6, and has formed in its face, above said protuberance 6, grooves or channels "7 My present invention contemplates molding the said plastic pador pad "member in Specification of Letters Patent.

TRUSS-PAD.

Patented July 23, 1918.

Application filed November 14, 1917. Serial No. 201,937.

a body 1 which is preferably aluminum,

for the sake of lightness, though it may be of any other suitable metal or alloy without affecting my invention. The said body 1 is provided witha marginal flange 2 t0 inclose and protect the pad 5, and is also provided with the loop 4 and the curvilinear crossculated to reinforce the pad 5 as well as strongly hold the same in the body and against the back and Within the flange 2 thereof. It will be noted by reference to Fig. 5 that the ends of the curvilinear rods 3 are fixed in the corners between the flange 2 rods 3, the latter'being embedded in and caland the major portion of'the body 1, and

.that by reason of the curvature of the rods in a direction away from themajor portion of the body- 1, the rods are enabled to engage a greater ortion of and more strongly hold the pad 1; an would otherwise be the .case.

It will also be observed bycomparison of Figs. 1 and 4 that the body 1 isprovided on the upper-portion of its backwith brackets 8 between which is pivotally mounted a dog 9;. having a plurality'of teeth 10 at its free edge. The loop 4 is designed to straddle the body strap 12 which is interposed between it and the major portion of body 1, as shown, in Fig. 1, and the dog 9 is adapted to engage the leg strap3-l3 which is preferably looped over it in the manner also shown in Fig. 1. By virtue of this latter arrangement, it will be noticed that any tendency of the major portion of the strap 13' to draw' downwardly, will have the elfect of rendering more pos tlve the engagement between the toothed edge of the dog and the strap,

with the result that casual loosening or unfastening of the strap 13 is practically pre eluded. It will also be-noticed that any downward pull on the major portion of the strap'13 will be exerted on the upper end portion of the pad, as is desirable.

In addition to the advantages hereinbefore ascribed, to my novel truss pad, it will be noticed that the same is light in weight and my invention, what I 'I" claim f and desire to secure by Letters-Pat I,

havingf'a marginal'flange and cross bars' curvedin a direction away from the major portion of the body and extending between tion of the body and receiving the curvi- 10 the corners ormed by said major portion linear cross bars of the body.

and flange and also having a loop on its back, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set at its center, and spaced brackets on its my hand in presence of two subscribing witback, adjacent to its upper end and above nesses.

said loop, a dog givotally mounted between JAMES WV. EMBREE.

the brackets andinovabl'e ertically, and a) Witnesses:

pad member of plastic material disposed" ROY TOBIAS, Within the flange and against the major pdr- F. B. ELLIOTT. 

